Spotify has filed a complaint with European regulators over Apple's "unfair" app store practices, including the 30% commission that Apple pockets with every app purchase.

Ek called for apps to be able to compete on their merits, not based on who owns the App Store. He reckons the Apple-licensed "App Store" should remain objectively unbiased with the market place should remain inconquerable.

The charge makes Spotify's premium membership more expensive than Apple Music, so the company said it refuses to use the system.

According to Spotify, Apple has repeatedly made it hard for companies like Spotify to provide services to its customers.

The complaint, which was entered by the Sweden-based steaming service on Monday, says USA software giant Apple deliberately stifles competition in the online music market to the benefit of its own streaming service, Apple Music. Ek says that if the company doesn't comply with Apple's tax, it faces "a series of technical and experience-limiting restrictions", on its app. Ek added that Apple "routinely blocks our experience-enhancing upgrades", locking competitors out of Apple devices such as Siri, Apple Watch and Homepod.

Spotify made an announcement in its newsroom, revealing that the company has filed an antitrust complaint against the Cupertino tech giant with the European Commission. He continued saying, "For example, they limit our communication with our customers-including our outreach beyond the app".

App Stores should not be allowed to control the communications between services and users.

The rivalry between Spotify and Apple has taken a legal turn. These apart, EK said Apple also limits updates that would have made for a better user experience, which again puts Spotify in poorer light compared to Apple's own music streaming service. Netflix recently stopped allowing iOS users from subscribing to their plans from within the app as they too no longer wanted to pay the Apple tax.

All Spotify wants, says its founder, is to be treated the same as apps that don't pay the 30% tax such as Uber or Deliveroo.

Ek said he is asking the European Commission to take action only after he tried unsuccessfully to resolve the matter with Apple directly.

"We should all be subject to the same fair set of rules and restrictions-including Apple Music", he said.

In addition to taking issue with those rules, Spotify alleges it has been the subject of unfair treatment. Also, that consumers should have the choice of using whichever payment system they want within the apps and that developers should not be prevented from communicating with its users when it comes to marketing and promotions.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub fell 672,000 barrels, their first drawdown in a month, the EIA said. The API also reported a huge draw in gasoline inventories of 5.8 million barrels for the week-ending March 8.

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Previously, another shooting took place about 450 meters from the school, but it is not known if it is related to the massacre. Eight people - including six students - have been shot and killed by two hooded men at a school in Brazil.

Zoe's father Nick Meeten, who attended in support of his daughter, said the strike was about the kids, not about the adults. Obviously, one strike isn't going to change everything, but this isn't the last strike", Hirsi said. "We want a future".

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Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied that any form of lobbying took place to secure Indonesian Siti Aisyah's freedom. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), an opposition party, said withdrawing the murder charge against Aisyah was "a fiasco".

Ingram tallied 16 points, 9 rebounds and 7 dimes, while Kuzma posted his 20th career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds. The Celtics came out spitting fire early in the third quarter to take total command, eventually blowing out the Lakers 120-107.

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For now, it seems clear that "these enormous events are a recurring feature of the Sun", Muscheler told Charles Q. Our planet, the researchers add, would be ill-prepared in the likely event of another such cosmic bombardment.

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